This article isn’t a proper mailbag, but it comes from the following mailbag question: Jonathan B: Since the 2000 season, what is your roster of the most forgettable Dodgers? (I …
Read More »Paco Rodriguez’ Mechanical Fix
Early last month, I looked into the disastrous end of Paco Rodriguez‘ 2013 regular season. The most common question that I received after posting the article was “was Paco tipping his …
Read More »Josh Beckett’s Mechanics And Surgery Recovery
Dodgers Angels 12.05 p.m. PT Tempe, Az. CF Puig RF Calhoun C Ellis CF Trout SS Ramirez 3B Freese 1B Gonzalez …
Read More »What Baseball Prospectus’ New Framing Data Means For The Dodgers
On Monday, Baseball Prospectus published an article introducing new methodology to quantify the impact of catcher framing. Dan Brooks and Harry Pavlidis collaborated to create the numbers, which they have been …
Read More »2014 Spring Training Preview: Relief Pitchers
Age IP K/9 BB/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR Kenley Jansen 26 2013 (Dodgers) 76.2 13.03 2.11 1.88 1.99 2.06 2.2 ’14 ZiPS 70.2 13.82 2.72 1.91 1.96 – 1.7 …
Read More »Alex Guerrero on Defense: Two Game GIF Recap
After the first four games of spring training, we’ve only seen Alex Guerrero on defense for ten innings. That’s way too small of a sample to make any judgement of …
Read More »The Recent History of Dodgers Spring Pitching
Putting together the spring training batting statistics run-down was fun, so I’ve prepared a companion post for pitching statistics. The goal of the batting history post was to illustrate that …
Read More »The Recent History of Dodgers Spring Hitting
With spring training games fast approaching, we’ll undoubtedly start seeing some interesting stat lines among the Dodgers’ hitters. While everybody remembers Yasiel Puig‘s amazing spring training performance from last season, …
Read More »2014 Spring Training Preview: Left Field
Age BA OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ WAR Carl Crawford 32 2013 (Dodgers) .283 .329 .407 .322 108 2.9 ’14 ZiPS .266 .308 .412 .314 N/A 1.5 ’14 Steamer .274 …
Read More »What Would A Platoon At Second Base Look Like?
Earlier today, Don Mattingly made some waves when he said the following about the Dodgers’ second-base situation: I like platoons because, basically, it gets you good matchups if you get …
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